Marked Man: Frank Serpico's Inside Battle Against Police Corruption

by John Florio, Ouisie Shapiro, John Florio

Book Overview

1971. Brooklyn, New York. Undercover cop Frank Serpico is knocking on a drug dealer's door. His partners are there to back him up, but when the door opens, he's staring down the barrel of a gun--and his partners are nowhere to be found.

For more than a century, the New York Police Department had been plagued by corruption, with cops openly taking bribes from gamblers and drug dealers. Not Serpico. He refused to take dirty money and...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 125062195X
• ISBN13: 9781250621955
• Release Date: March 2024
• Publisher: Roaring Brook Press
• Length: 160 Pages
• Weight: 2.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.3" x 9.0"
• Age Range: 12 to 18 years
• Grade Range: Grade 7 to Postsecondary